Making a boost pad for a car

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#1

Making a boost pad for a car how it should work is when the car goes over the pad it gives the car a short boost in speed this is my code.

local BP = script.Parent
local descendants = game.Workspace.Cars:GetDescendants()

       for index, descendant in pairs(descendants) do
          BP.Touched:Connect(function()
	  if (BP.Touched) then
	VehicleSeat.Throttle = 10000 --may be changed to torque / speed
	   end
    end)
end
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#2

should be if BP.Touched == true

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#3

Doesnt work for some reason when i got over it with the car it doesnt give the boost any ideas?

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#4

.Touched is an event that fires, not a bool value. you should use BP.Touched:Connect()

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#5

Where at in the if statement?
Or somewhere else?

#6

get rid of the if statement, the touched event fires whenever the part is touched so the if is not necessary

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#7

Now im getting this errror Workspace.BoostPart.Script:7: attempt to index nil with ‘Throttle’

#8

you have not declared a vehicleseat variable. Try this

local car, seat
BP.Touched:Connect(function(part)
    car = part:FindFirstAncestor("CAR NAME")
    if car then
        seat = car:FindFirstChildOfClass("VehicleSeat")
    end
    if seat then
        seat.Throttle = 10000
    end
end)

replace CAR NAME with the name of the car model, might error since I wrote this in the devforum editor

EDIT: I just realized FindFirstAncestor can return nil, I changed the code a bit

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#9

Now it says Workspace.BoostPart.Script:7: attempt to index nil with ‘FindFirstChildOfClass’ This is the code

local BP = script.Parent
local descendants = game.Workspace.Cars:GetDescendants()


for index, descendant in pairs(descendants) do
BP.Touched:Connect(function(part)
	local seat = part:FindFirstAncestor("SpecialCar"):FindFirstChildOfClass("VehicleSeat")
	if seat then
		seat.Throttle = 10000
	end
end)
end

and this is the workspace
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#10 
local car, seat
BP.Touched:Connect(function(part)
    car = part:FindFirstAncestor("SpecialCar")
    if car then
        seat = car:FindFirstChildOfClass("VehicleSeat", true)
    end
    if seat then
        seat.Throttle = 10000
    end
end)
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#11

It still wont work i even changed it to torque to see if the numbers changed im gonna go to bed for tonight hopefully i can find a fix tomarrow!

#12

It does not increase because the Throttle's maximum value a VehicleSeat can have is 1.
You should change the motors speed instead:

local YourVehicleSeat = script.Parent --Reference vehicle seat 

while wait() do
   REFERENCEYOURMOTORHERE.speeds = vehicleSeat.Throttle * 50 
end

If the VehicleSeat throttle was at 1, then it would be at 50 as this code is multiplying 50 on 1.

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#13

Wait but where do i put this? The script is inside the boost part itself and i need to refrence more than one vehicle seat and how is the script suspose to know when the car touches the part to give it 50 motor speed?

#14

You can get the vehicleseat by using .Touched events: BasePart | Roblox Creator Documentation

See more about motors and vehicleseat: VehicleSeat | Roblox Creator Documentation